Thursday, January 19, 2017

H5N8 Outbreaks Continue To Mount In France - 152 Farms Affected



















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Yesterday morning, in a report called France Expands Preventative Culling As HPAI Outbreaks Continue To Rise,  the MOA indicated 136 farms affected across 8 Departments.  Since then, the MOA has posted two new updates, increasing the number of outbreaks to 152 since early December. 


Avian Influenza: France in the home monitoring

19/01/2017 avian influenza
© Pascal Xicluna / Min.Agri.Fr

In France
Situation on January 19, 2017: 152 H5N8 outbreaks in farms and 8 cases in wildlife confirmed and communicated.

List of homes in the departments
  • Landes: 46 homes
  • Tarn: 8 homes
  • Gers: 72 homes
  • Lot-et-Garonne: 7 homes
  • Hautes-Pyrénées: 11 homes
  • Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 3 homes
  • Aveyron: 2 homes
  • Deux-Sèvres: 3 homes

List of outbreaks in wildlife

  • Pas-de-Calais: 1 home
  • Haute-Savoie: 2 homes
  • Tarn: 2 homes
  • Channel: 1 home
  • Ain : 1 foyer
  • Lot et Garonne 1 home
  • Landes: 1 home


Internationally

the data updated 01/08/2017

Since the last point location January 2, 84 new outbreaks of HPAI were reported in Europe, which also includes Switzerland, mainly in Bulgaria (25 breeding households), and France (20 breeding households).

The virus has now been detected:
- Slovenia (Maribor swan 1)
- and the Czech Republic (Moravia, 3 wild cases and aged in household).

The total number of outbreaks of HPAI and reported cases continues to increase and is now 809 (against 724 last week) including 368 in wild birds (58 species affected), 428 livestock and 13 in of captive birds.